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Map of regions covered by the 122 Weather Forecast Offices. The National Weather Service operates 122 weather forecast offices. [1] [2] Each weather forecast office (WFO or NWSFO) has a geographic area of responsibility, also known as a county warning area, for issuing local public, marine, aviation, fire, and hydrology forecasts.
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The Ohio River at Cairo is 281,500 cu ft/s (7,960 m 3 /s); [1] and the Mississippi River at Thebes, Illinois, which is upstream of the confluence, is 208,200 cu ft/s (5,897 m 3 /s). [66] The Ohio River flow is greater than that of the Mississippi River, so hydrologically the Ohio River is the main stream of the river system.
The Sacramento River and its tributaries are a significant part of the geography of the Sacramento Valley. Rising in the various mountain ranges (the various Northern Coast Ranges to the west, the southern Siskiyou Mountains to the north, and the northern Sierra Nevada to the east) that define the shape of the valley, they provide water for agricultural, industrial, residential, and recreation ...
The Russian River at Guerneville reached a flood stage of 45 feet, about 3.5 feet lower than the record 48.56 feet stage in 1986, but still the second-highest stage since 1995. The flooding of the Russian River caused significant damage to farmland and vineyards along the banks of the river including the city of Guerneville. [3]
A game warden for the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW), has been named the (National Wildlife officer) of the Year by the (North American Wildlife Enforcement Officers Association). The annual award was given to the Reno based game warden in a ceremony held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in Canada during the organization’s annual conference. [8]
The river drains 1,345 square miles (3,480 km 2), [2] mostly in the western slope and foothills of the Sierra Nevada. The average runoff of the Yuba River basin is approximately 2,303,000 acre-feet (2.841 km 3) per year, [4] providing about one-third of the flow of the Feather River, and 10 percent of the flow of the Sacramento River, which the ...
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